to whip
- verb
- /wɪp/
- He raised his hand and whipped the ball across the court with incredible speed.
- whip and beat
- whip and kick
- whip and paddle
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Watch on YouTubeThe captain apparently wants to catch this person, comes out, whips him in the face.
- The captain apparently wants to catch this person, comes out, whips him in the face.
- Everything in my body tells me to whip your ass right here, right now.
- Looking back, my greatest fear growing up was that the older boys were going to whip my ass, you know what I mean?
- And so all of these boys like to use all their full strength to whip the ball.
- Listen, if it's going well, if it's working, remember to feed the horse and not whip it.
- And he said one day he went into the bathroom and he put needles into a belt and he whipped himself with it.
- Yes, when you got out, I guess whipping, I mean verbally abusive, physically abusive.
- You used to, like, whip them in, like, like what's BDSMADASMR social?
- You know you should, for I've been forced to whip you many times that you and you alone are responsible.
Examples
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Why do you not whip me?
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Take hence this Jack, and whip him.
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He will whip her with it.
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You need your ass whipped.
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If it weren't for these kids I would whip your butt!
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He'd been brought back to be whipped but not killed.
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The teacher had to whip the class into shape to prepare them for the exam.
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After receiving harsh feedback, she felt like she had been whipped by criticism.
Synonyms
To beat or punish someone very badly
To hit someone or something with an open hand
To hit a child's bottom with an open hand to punish them
To hit something forcefully with a whip
Punish or hurt someone to get revenge
Hit someone with a whip or stick as punishment
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
Hit someone with the handle or barrel of a gun
To hit someone with a flat board as punishment
To hit someone with a long leather strap used to guide horses
To beat someone with a long thin stick as punishment
To hit someone hard with a whip or rod
To whip someone as punishment for religious reasons
To hit yourself or another person with a whip as punishment, often for religious reasons
To beat someone with a strip of leather as punishment
To hit someone and make a raised red mark on their skin
Hit someone many times so they become badly hurt
To beat someone severely with a whip
To hit someone as a punishment, for example by spanking
To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Slang
To quickly fill in forms without checking details, often by writing false information
Compounds
- Archaic
A tool that makes horses move when they pull a small carriage and now means something old-fashioned
- Literature
A person in a political party who makes sure members attend and vote as leaders want
- Archaic
A person who performs skilled whip tricks in rodeos or who is very strict about rules
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Etymology
Whip as a verb comes from an old English word meaning 'to move quickly' or 'to strike', so to whip someone or something is to hit or move it with a sudden, strong motion.